bogomips

bogomips in Technology

unit (From "bogus", "MIPS") The timing unit of the Linuxkernel. A BogoMips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed made by the Linuxkernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop. BogoMips MiniHowto (http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/BogoMips.html). (1999-05-06)